Martta
See also: martta
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מַרְתָּא (martā, “the mistress”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Martta
- Martha (biblical character)
- 1938, The Holy Bible, Luke 10:41-42:
- Herra vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Martta, Martta, moninaisista sinä huolehdit ja hätäilet, mutta tarpeellisia on vähän, tahi yksi ainoa. Maria on valinnut hyvän osan, jota ei häneltä oteta pois."
- And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."
- a female given name from Aramaic
- 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS(1956), act I:
- Takanain se on, mutta edessäni on se kuuluisa suutarin Martta ja tässä on ottotyttärensä sulhainen, Kristo, nuori ja uljas seppä.
- It is behind me, yet in front of me lies the noted Martta, wife of the cobbler, and here stands her adopted daughter's groom, Kristo, the young and valiant smith.
- 1961, Maria Partanen, Valkeat talot, WSOY, page 84:
- Kun setä sanoi: minä kastan sinut Martta-Helena, minä juoksin taas makuukamariin ja itkin ihan sillä minä olin niin iloinen, niin iloinen kun vauva sai ihan ihmisen nimen. Mutta kun Rea-serkku ei osannut sanoa sillä tavalla vaan sanoi Hentta-Malena, tuli Martta-Helenasta Malena.
- When the man said: I christen you Martta-Helena, I ran back to the bedroom and cried since I was happy, so happy that the baby got a proper name. But when cousin Rea didn't quite know how to say it and said Hentta-Malena, Martta-Helena became Malena.
- 2018, Ritva Hellsten, Lea, Aviador, →ISBN, page 87:
- ―Martta siellä on, vastaan, yhtäkkiä ylpeänä. ―Vai Martta, onpas erinomainen nimi. Tuleva toimen nainen!
- It's Martta, I respond, with sudden pride. ―Oh, Martta, what an excellent name. A future woman who gets things done!
Declension edit
Inflection of Martta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Martta | Martat | ||
genitive | Martan | Marttojen | ||
partitive | Marttaa | Marttoja | ||
illative | Marttaan | Marttoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Martta | Martat | ||
accusative | nom. | Martta | Martat | |
gen. | Martan | |||
genitive | Martan | Marttojen Marttainrare | ||
partitive | Marttaa | Marttoja | ||
inessive | Martassa | Martoissa | ||
elative | Martasta | Martoista | ||
illative | Marttaan | Marttoihin | ||
adessive | Martalla | Martoilla | ||
ablative | Martalta | Martoilta | ||
allative | Martalle | Martoille | ||
essive | Marttana | Marttoina | ||
translative | Martaksi | Martoiksi | ||
abessive | Martatta | Martoitta | ||
instructive | — | Martoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Martta is the 165th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,015 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,929 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.